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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
October 31, 1997 Consolidated Balance Sheet and Consolidated Statement of
Operations for the six-month period ended October 31, 1997, as restated to
reflect an acquisition accounted for as a pooling of interests, and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to such financial statements and the footnotes
thereto.
</LEGEND>
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